Tonnengewölbe
German, noun[ˈtɔnənɡəˌvœlbə]
Tonnengewölbe is spelled T-O-N-N-E-N-G-E-W-Ö-L-B-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonnengewölbe is a German neuter noun meaning “barrel vault” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gewölbeform mit bogenförmigem oder spitzbogenförmigem Querschnitt”.
What does Tonnengewölbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbarrel vault
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gewölbeform mit bogenförmigem oder spitzbogenförmigem Querschnitt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Tonnengewölbe
- Tonnengewölbes genitive
- Tonnengewölben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tonnengewölbe?
- [ˈtɔnənɡəˌvœlbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tonnengewölbe in German?
Tonnengewölbe appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).